ESOHCAMP not summer camp for Team Pete Published June 8, 2007 By Jeff Bohn 21st Space Wing Public Affairs PETERSON AFB, Colo. -- The 21st Mission Support Group commander is asking Team Pete to assist with the preparation for the June 18 to 22 ESOHCAMP assessment. The Environmental, Safety, and Occupational Health Compliance Assessment Management Program isn't a military summer camp, but rather a comprehensive assessment of how units comply with environmental, safety and health programs within the workplace. The composite team of 21 members from Air Force Space Command units and ESOHCAMP contractors will evaluate the base's program compliance. "It's a self assessment, and the idea is to make sure we are doing the right thing before regulators point out a violation," said 2nd Lt. Austin Newton from the 21st Civil Engineer Environmental office. "If regulators discover a violation, there could be monetary fines, and in extreme cases, commanders can be disciplined. This ESOHCAMP assessment is designed to keep us doing the right thing." Some of the evaluated areas at the unit level will be pollution prevention programs, hazardous materials and hazardous waste management, water quality and wastewater procedures, and petroleum, oils and lubricant measures. The 21 MSG commander, Col. Manuel Hidalgo, has asked the 50-plus unit environmental managers to review their programs and records to ensure compliance, and to ensure housekeeping items -- such as training and records -- are compliant. For an electronic copy of the assessment checklist, contact 2nd Lt. Austin Newton at 556-6100.